How do I read from a version resource in Visual C++

Question

I have a version resource in my resources in a C++ project which contains version number, copyright and build details. Is there an easy way to access this at run-time to po

Answer 1

To get a language independent result to Mark's answer change :

   // replace "040904e4" with the language ID of your resources
    !VerQueryValue(&data[0], _T("\\StringFileInfo\\040904e4\\ProductVersion"), &pvProductVersion, &iProductVersionLen))
{
    TRACE("Can't obtain ProductName and ProductVersion from resources\n");
    return false;
}

To

UINT                uiVerLen = 0;
VS_FIXEDFILEINFO*   pFixedInfo = 0;     // pointer to fixed file info structure
// get the fixed file info (language-independent) 
if(VerQueryValue(&data[0], TEXT("\\"), (void**)&pFixedInfo, (UINT *)&uiVerLen) == 0)
{
    return false;
}

 strProductVersion.Format("%u.%u.%u.%u", 
    HIWORD (pFixedInfo->dwProductVersionMS),
    LOWORD (pFixedInfo->dwProductVersionMS),
    HIWORD (pFixedInfo->dwProductVersionLS),
    LOWORD (pFixedInfo->dwProductVersionLS));